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I’m using 2K clear satin on the silver. Used the gloss on the nose cone and fins. Came out very well
 
---small update---

conducted ground tests of the recovery system yesterday. 2.0 grams for the booster and .5 grams for the nose cone worked very well. I could likely use .4 or even .35 grams for the nose with equally good results.

used two 2-56 pins in the booster and two in the nose.

the first flight is scheduled to take place at NOVAAR later this month. the motor will either be an AT I300 or Loki I405. will be a "game time decision" as i will like load both.
 
no, .5 gram for the nose (HED). really only need to presurize the top portion of the 6:1 nose cone as the electronics bay come a solid 3+ inches into the bottom of the nose cone.

looks like i didnt explain that as well as i should have. too early int he morning LOLz
 
I agree with crossfire. O.5 gm is too little even for HED. I have a Wildman 3 inch Punisher and another 4 incher with HED. Both use three 2-56 shear pins to the nosecone. How extended was the kevlar cord pulled out on ground testing? I'd suggest that the chute plus 75% of the cord or more is a positive ground test (as long as the cord is not too taut which could result in too large a charge and cord separation from the cone). For each of my above HED deploy rockets, I use 1.5 gms. Also, friction can arise between the NC bay and the inside of the cone; so, I usually wipe down these surfaces with a small amount of a mild car de-greaser (from autozone) on a paper towel to diminish this resistance prior to placing the shear pins. Finally, if there are any questions about how to attach the laundry for HED-see the HED section on Wildman's site under the "downloads" button. Good luck!

Fred, L2
ICBM, S.C.
KG4YGP
 
interesting...

had full extension using a 15' Rocketman 3 look kevlar cord.

if the weather improves i will set it all up again and document it.
 
I probably would use 2 grams in each section.

Need to as why you would recommend that.

2 grams cleanly separated and reached near full extension of the harness (20' OBH three loop) for booster. talking about 20" of 4" air-frame with 2 2-56 pins. not even factoring in the unfilled portion of the 54mm motor mount.

why would I ever need the same charge for a nose cone? that math just doesnt work. we are talking about significantly less volume with a large portion taken up by the chute, harness, nomex etc.
 
due to the very low altitudes for each flight - 1000' ish, i went with single deploy.

the first time around i went with the 2 grams that i ground tested with. it worked but was very lazy; not as energetic as it looked during the tests.

due to weathercocking it lost a lot of altitude (the flight on the I300 was only 791 feet. i was expecting almost 900) and as such i was able to clearly view the deployment event. it is possible that the lazy deployment was the result of a fair amount of horizontal velocity at the time the charges went off.

went with 2.5 grams for the second flight on the I405 and that was perfect. I will be using this for future flights.
 
@rfjustin i see where youre going, and i like it ; - )

as our local vendor said the K1103 X is the "big motor in a small case!"

will definitely be buying more
 
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